Looking west at the Clark house (formerly the Otis Withington house), roughly located at today's Lancaster Terrace. At the far left of the photo is Washington Sq.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Beacon St., looking east, is on the right. Eben Jordan, son of one of the two founders of Jordan Marsh, built this mansion in 1890 and lived there until 1897 when he moved into the Beacon Hill house of his parents following their deaths (1895 and 1897). The mansion served as the Choate School (Country Boarding and Day School For Girls) from 1922-1950. The building was torn down in 1955.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east at the Clark house (formerly the Otis Withington house). Today's Lancaster Terrace would be just beyond it.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

In the distance at the top of the hill is the Clark house (formerly the Otis Withington house).

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east on Beacon St. to the left, Washington St. is on the right. From left to right:

• The remains of the tannery. It is probable that it was being dismantled in preparation for the widening of Beacon St.
• The gasometer storage tank of the Boston Gas. Co.
• The man standing against the fence may be the photographer’s assistant.
• A house owned by Eben Jordan.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer. This photo contains the mystery man, here standing against the fence, who was posed in a number of the 1887 photos.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking north on Washington St. from Beacon St. Corey Hill ascends to the right. The farm house which faces Washington St. was owned from 1843 until the early 1870s by James Bartlett and was later acquired by Eben Jordan who developed a large part of Corey Hill. It is speculated that this photo was taken just prior to the 1887 widening of Beacon St.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St. [speculative]
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Source: Olmsted]

On the corner is the Liggett Drug Store, 1634 Beacon St. At 1638 Beacon St. there is a bowling alley. Parked out front is a Red Cab with its telephone number on the back, “ASP 5000”.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

#729 is in the center. To the right is Graystone Lodge at #721, a tourist lodge. None of the four houses in the photo remain standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Northwest corner of Washington and Beacon Streets, located approximately at today's 740 Washington St. Torn down in 1897.

Winthrop Rd. is along the top of the hill.

Looking West on Beacon, Washington St. going north to the right.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer. This photo contains the mystery man, here sitting on the stone fence, who was posed in a number of the 1887 photos.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west on Beacon St. just before the intersection with Washington St. From left to right:

• South side of Beacon St.: unidentified apartment building
• 1680 Beacon St., still standing, opposite Winthrop Rd.
• 1668 Beacon St.: the white house, no longer standing.
• Center photo, the northwest corner of Washington St.: a small one-room building with large lettering on three sides
• Right, obscured by trees: three houses possibly on the northeast corner with Washington St.
• Near right, behind the pipes: the pedestrian stairs by Lancaster Terrace

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west on Beacon St. The building viewed is at 1680 Beacon St., still standing, opposite Winthrop Rd.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east, Corey Hill on the left, Washington St. crossing at the bottom of the hill. Eben Jordan mansion, built in 1890, prominent.

Foreground:view from rear of 65 Westbourne Terrace;
Background right: 3 apartment buildings on Garrison Rd.
[Source: Iowa State]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Background: Washington, University, Winthrop streets
Foreground right: building currently housing Athan's, corner Washington & Beacon
Background center: skyline houses on Addington Rd. Large mansion to the left with the tall spire was built by Clarence Esty at 97 Addington Rd. part of a group of Esty houses that have since been replaced by Schick Park. The spire was an observation tower equipped with a high-powered telescope that enabled detailed viewing of distant scenes.
[Source: Iowa State]

Background center: Washington, University, Winthrop streets
Foreground: rear of houses of Westbourne Terrace (from right to left: 61, 57, 53, 49, 45)
[Source: Iowa State]